Classics in Cree – Dolores Sand (y-dialect)

“Rock Around the Clock” is just one of the nine Classics in CreeDolores recorded to CD in 2004 as a tool to get people to sing – and laugh – in Cree. Her translation of “All Shook Up” from the same CD was awarded a Gold Record from Winnipeg’s NCR Radio Station in 2005. Thanks to Dolores for permission to present not only her recordings, but also the translations – carefully written in SRO – that she prepared with the help of friends and elders from Muskeg Lake, Saskatchewan – to help learners sing along and learn.

Learn more about Dolores’s work as a “Creeture” in this March 2015 interview with CBC SaskWeekend – and a heads up about the Buddy Holly songs she’s planning to release on CD soon!